Co mm ode-pail



E. H. BEBES.

GOMMODE PAU..

(No Model.)

No. 325,039. Patented Aug. 25, 1885.

IINTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ELBERT H. BEERS, OF BETHEL, ASSIGNOR TO DVIGHT E. ROGER-S, OF DANBURY,CONNECTICUT.

COMMODE-PAIL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 325,039, dated August25, 1885.

Application tiled July 13, 1385.

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, ELBERT H. BEEns, of Bethel, in the county ofFairfield and State of Connecticut, have invented a new Improvement inCommode-Fails; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken inconnection with accompanying drawings and the letters of referencemarked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same,and which said drawings constitute part of this specification, andrepresent, in

Figure l, a side View of the pail,sho\ving it in half-vertical section,Fig. 2, a vertical section through the ring and cover, showing the ringas supported upon the edge of the pail, enlarged; Fig. 3, a verticalsection through the hinge, also enlarged.

This invention relates to an improvement in pails such as used forchamber service, the object being to adapt a pail as a commode, and itconsists in the construction, as hereinafter described, and moreparticularly recited in the claim.

A represents the body of the pail which is of usual form, made frommetal, and preferably gradually expanding from the bottom upward, txrminaing in a bead, a, at the top.

B is a ring adapted to set upon the upper edge of the pail. The body oi'the ring is semicircular in form in transverse section, the convex sideup. Around the outer edge of the body of the ring is an annular flange,b, adapted to set upon the upper edge of the pail, and around the edgeof the iiange a downwardly-projecting bead, cl,is formed to overlap thebead around the upper edge of the pail. Upon the inner side of the bodyof the ring is an inwardly-projecting annular iiange, e, its inner edgeturned downward to form a downwardly -projecting flange, f. This ring ishinged to the body of the pail, as at g,and so that the ring may beturned from the pail, as for the purpose of emptying or cleansing it,leaving the pail as free for such purposes as if thering were but a common cover. The in- (No model.)

ner flanges, ef, leave a central opening within the ring B, into which acover, C, is set, the cover being provided with a downwardlyprojectingange, t, and an annular ange, k, to set upon the flange e, and so as tomake a closed joint. The cover C should tit so elosel y as to produceconsiderable friction betw'een it and the surrounding portion of thering to make a tight joint,and also so that, if desired, the cover, withthe ring, may be opened together as a cover, closing the entire topofthe pail.

The ring presenting the convex surface upward forms a comfortable seat,and is not liable to displacement, asin detached rings, and yetpossesses all the advantages of a hinged cover, thereby avoidingtheobjections of pails having the ring made as a permanent part of thepail, and in which case a spout from the pail below the ring isnecessary in emptying and cleansing the pail.

From the foregoing it will be understood that I do not claim, broadly, apail adapted both as a slop-pail and as a commode, or in which the pailis provided with a ring around its upper edge to t'orm a seat, foi-such,broadly considered, I am aware is not new; but

That I do claim is- The herein-described pail,consisting of the metalbody A, having a ring, B, hinged to its upper edge, the body of the saidring semicircular in transverse sect-ion, the convex side up, andconstructed with an annular iange, b, around its outer edge,adapted torest upon and overlap the upper edge of the pail, and with aniuwardly-projecting Iiange, e, around its inner edge, combined with acover, C,con structed with flanges i 7.1, adapted to rest upon andwithinthe flange e of the ring, substantially as described.

ELBERT H. BEERS.

Vitnesses:

HENRY XV. Hor'r, E. V. EATON.

